One of humanity's greatest modern threats involves an area of life we thought we had mastered: energy. For the last century our energy system has delivered rising prosperity, increased lifespans and largely eliminated famine. Now it is being dismantled – with confidence, with public money and with almost no scrutiny.In this short, sharp book, Richard Lyon – electrical engineer, petroleum engineer and energy economist – strips the energy debate back to the physics. What he finds is ...

Bestselling Series Re-released With Updated Covers. Rich, sexy and volatile, Sloane Michaels has a dark agenda that keeps his heart on ice. His extreme wealth gives him the control he craves and his skills as an ex UFC fighter the tools he’ll need to extract his ultimate revenge. But when the woman he never believed he’d see again crosses his path, Sloane is caught between the vengeance he needs and a sexual conquest he craves.Kat Thayne has been in survival ...

A dangerous curse…Axel Locke is the sinfully sexy leader of the Wing Slayer Hunters–a group of supernatural witch hunters who have vowed to never give into the curse driving them to slaughter innocent witches. But when his little sister is death-cursed by a demon witch, Axel will stop at nothing to save her. He rescues a beautiful witch from a killer, intending to force her to magically cure his sister. The only problem? She has no idea what she is....

In The Secret Language of Jewellery in Art, Stella Grace Lyons exposes a forgotten visual language hidden within early modern painting. From queens and courtesans to merchants, lovers and enslaved children, this book reveals how the full gamut of human desires, aspirations and fears glittered in the smallest of details.

"The time is far spent; there is little remaining." -Hymns, no. 266Never has that been more true than now, with the Church's new 25-minute class times. And that means our teaching needs to be more efficient and effective than ever, using simple techniques that bring big results in gospel growth and knowledge. Techniques for Teaching the Gospel presents and explains 26 of these techniques that anyone can use, including:Having the teac...

Something's stalking Sophie and it's not just her boyfriend's cute cousin.Pulled from a life of obscurity and chosen to succeed a dying Goddess, Sophie is thrown into a world where supernatural is normal. Sadly, she has made enemies, and as the corpses mount, Sophie fears for the people she cares for. But when someone she loves is accused of the killings, Sophie is convinced of their innocence.

She came back to the town that ruined her. She came back calm, prepared, and three steps ahead of everyone who wronged her.Six years ago, pastry chef Elara Voss was framed for food poisoning at a high-society fundraiser in Sugarmill Hollow, Vermont. Her business was destroyed, her reputation buried, and she lost far more than a kitchen. Now she's reopening The Hollow Crumb and catering her way into the social circle of Alderman Gerald Mercer — the man responsible for everything.

The essays in this collection explore the lives and literary contributions of several Russian novelists, including Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, and Anton Chekhov, among others. William Lyon Phelps offers insights into their novels, styles, and themes, providing literary criticism and historical context for readers interested in Russian literature.William Lyon Phelps was a noted educator, literary critic, and scholar known for his contributions to the field of literature. ...

A man walks into a cult . . .Zero ProofA Culty Detective Noir NovelWhen the lives of a soberish investigator, a viral false prophet, and two watchful siblings collide, the fallout is a darkly comic journey through deception, belief, and the fight to reclaim a stolen life.Trucker Holmes was devoted to discovering the truth. It was his job, and he was good at it. But when a faithful mother handed him ten grand to find her impressionable pop-culture-lo...

Jesse James in Hell, an original mock-heroic epic in the voice of the infamous outlaw, begins in Nevada after the Civil War, but soon rolls forward without the constraint of specific time and place."Direct account of past eventstakes no time with flattered facts— some has got the dutykeep track whats took place, uninformed of the relative sizeor value of the vignettes— aint like buying Cucumber bushes—...

The Lithium Economy provides a detailed analysis of the global lithium value chain from a variety of perspectives. The first part of the book provides an overview of the lithium market with a specific emphasis on the Lithium Triangle in South America. Subsequent chapters dive into the specifics of lithium mining in the U.S. with topics including U.S. mining laws, the mining bureaucracy, permitting, and the politics of mining in the U.S. The author then conducsts a comparative analysis of l...

Name Reality is a name analysis book that shows you how your names influence your life for better or worse. Change your name? Change your life? Exactly! From birth, your names shape and define your character, your personality, even your mental and physical health. More amazing, the letters from each of your names influence events at predetermined years throughout your life.Name Reality is a name analysis system that shows you how, why and what you can do to improve your life. This ...